- And when we went
to attempt to stop the car,
the front right seat passenger
bailed out of the car.

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Aftea ort fohase,
we lost sight of
somewhere around this way.

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- Right through here.

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narrator: DETECTIVE BANKS
Retraces the path
where he chased the man
that got away.

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- See the broken pieces
of fence?

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He went over right there.

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- That's what it looks like.

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- Since this is where
our boy ran,
that's probably
our murder weapon.

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- I hope that matches.

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narrator: BACK AT HOMICIDE,
Detective scott russ
looks up the two suspects
from the car.

00:03:19

- It looks like clifton jones,
he's been charged with
several felonies in the past.

00:03:23

Dontay rice has also been
convicted of a felony
in the past.

00:03:27

So both of these guys
are convicted felons.

00:03:28

narrator: BUT NEITHER DONTAY
Nor clifton has been convicted
of a violent crime.

00:03:34

- Clifton's first words are,
"we ain't got nothing to do with
what happened on 22nd street.

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Don't know what happened
"
how would he know that
unless he knew what happened
on 22nd street?

00:03:46

narrator: RUSS GOES IN
To interview clifton,
the driver.

00:03:52

He hopes to find out the name
of the man who escaped.

00:03:56

- All right, clifton.

00:03:58

I'm scott russ.

00:03:59

I'm a detective
at the police department, okay?

00:04:02

You were driving that car today?

00:04:04

- Yeah.

00:04:04

- All right.

00:04:06

Okay.

00:04:07

Just before you all
get stopped by the police,
whereabout where y'all at?

00:04:15

- Did you pick up anybody else?

00:04:21

narrator: CLIFTON CLAIMS
The man who escaped
..

00:04:26

- So where can we find
little mikey at?

00:04:28

narrator: BUT SAYS
He does not know
where little mikey lives.

00:04:35

- What did y'all done?

00:04:36

'Cause, honestly,
the police see y'all
coming out of that alley.

00:04:44

- Right.

00:04:54

narrator: CLIFTON CLAIMS
He did not drive down the alley
where the body was found.

00:04:59

- At no point were y'all
in that alley.

00:05:01

So why do you think
they would say that,
that y'all came out of
that alley?

00:05:04

- I don't know.

00:05:05

- All right.

00:05:08

Who is this in this picture?

00:05:12

- Rico?

00:05:14

Rico.

00:05:14

You know his last name?

00:05:16

- Rico.

00:05:16

Sure is rico.

00:05:18

Rico cunningham.

00:05:19

- He hangs out
with all your people, right?

00:05:21

- Yeah.

00:05:22

narrator: CLIFTON ADMITS
That he was friends with rico.

00:05:25

- Well, he's laying dead
here in the alley
right on 22nd street
where y'all came out
of the alley.

00:05:30

- No.

00:05:30

- Yeah.

00:05:33

- Damn.

00:05:33

- What do you think about that?

00:05:38

The problem is, in the same path
your boy took off of
when he ran out of your car,
laying in the grass
is a 9-millimeter handgun.

00:05:45

Guess what rico was killed with.

00:05:47

- 9-Millimeter.

00:05:48

- If mikey gets out of your car,
shoots and kills somebody,
gets into your car,
you all leave the scene,
then he bails out of your car
and leaves
the 9-millimeter handgun,
you're going to get
a complicity-to-murder charge.

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00:09:57

narrator: IN LOUISVILLE,
Detective kristen downs
and the homicide unit
are investigating the murder
of rico cunningham,
shot in the head
in an alleyway.

00:10:06

Two suspects were apprehended
in a car
fleeing the murder scene,
but a third suspect got away.

00:10:19

- If mikey shoots and kills
somebody,
gets into your car,
you all leave the scene,
you all are going to get
complicity-to-murder charges.

00:10:36

- All right.

00:10:44

I literally thought he would
either continue to deny it
or he may tell me
a little more about mikey.

00:10:51

narrator: DOWNS
And detective kyle willett
turn to the second suspect,
dontay rice.

00:10:58

They hope to find out more
about the man that got away.

00:11:02

- Dontay, tell me
about what went on.

00:11:05

What were you doing
earlier today?

00:11:11

- Who was riding with you?

00:11:14

- What did he say?

00:11:17

narrator: DONTAY CLAIMS
He knows nothing
about the man that clifton
"
- what did he look like?

00:11:27

- Do you know rico?

00:11:31

- You don't seem too upset
that he's dead.

00:11:55

- You're okay
to take that charge?

00:11:58

- 'Cause you're in a car
with two other guys
where someone got killed.

00:12:04

- I swear i--
- and you two won't come off
the third person,
who drops my murder weapon.

00:12:14

- That's not going to happen.

00:12:17

You're already going to jail
tonight.

00:12:20

What you need
to think about right now
is how you're going
to talk to us
and tell us the truth
instead of telling us some--
"i don't know.

00:12:27

I was in the backseat.

00:12:28

"
I mean, I'm a car,
but I'm in the backseat,
so that makes me somehow
not know what goes on
in the front seat.

00:12:41

- Sit tight for me
just a second, okay?

00:12:43

And I'll be right back.

00:12:46

He's so playing stupid,
like he doesn't know
what happened.

00:12:50

I'm going to book these guys
on parole violations for now.

00:12:53

I don't know if little mikey
is anyone's real name or not.

00:12:56

It kind of sounds like something
clifton just made up.

00:12:58

narrator: CLIFTON AND DONTAY
Are placed under arrest
for violating their parole.

00:13:05

- Good thing with them is,
they're not going anywhere.

00:13:08

They're being revoked,
and probation parole has put
a detainer on them,
so they're not going anywhere.

00:13:12

Now we're going to look
to the car for any evidence
that'll lead us
to the third suspect.

00:13:22

narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
Detecte mickey cohn oversees
the search of the car
that fled the crime scene.

00:13:30

- Anything that we can use
to tie that third guy
to this car
and identify him
is what we're looking for:
Fingerprint, dna, whatever.

00:13:47

Was that a palm print?

00:13:48

- Those are too much of a smear.

00:13:53

- Did you pull anything
off this other side yet?

00:13:57

narrator: THEY TURN
To the passenger-side door,
where the third suspect
exited the car.

00:14:17

- That looks like
a pretty decent one.

00:14:19

- Right there.

00:14:20

We may have enough points
to get an identification.

00:14:28

narrator: IN BIRMINGHAM,
Detective cynthia morrow
and the homicide team
are investigating the murder
of christopher woods,
shot after a drug deal gone bad.

00:14:38

Now the team is searching
the house
where the shooting took place.

00:14:56

A trail of blood leads
from the kitchen
to the front door.

00:15:00

- Found what looks like
two bullet holes back there.

00:15:04

- Shooter had to be
right in here.

00:15:05

narrator: THERE ARE SEVERAL
Bullet holes in the walls
but no shell casings.

00:15:12

- That's some cocaine?

00:15:18

- Whoever got the bags
and took it out,
they could smell it right off.

00:15:23

- Yeah.

00:15:23

narrator: THE TEAM BELIEVES
That what appears to be cocaine
is actually cake mix
- that may be what
this whole thing was about,
because somebody sold somebody
some bad dope.

00:15:36

- There ain't no loyalty
among dopers, you know.

00:15:41

Everybody's out to get,
you know, whathey can.

00:15:43

They could have been set up;
we don't know.

00:15:45

And they get in here,
and everything turns bad.

00:15:54

narrator: BACK AT HOMICIDE,
Morrow continues to interview
the victim's brother, donnie,
o was waiting outside
in his car
when the shooting went down.

00:16:03

- Did your brother
come out the house?

00:16:09

narrator: DONNIE SAYS
Christopher then collapsed
into his car.

00:16:13

- Did you see anybody else
at that point?

00:16:19

narrator: ACCORDING TO DONNIE,
A man was chasing his brother
out of the house.

00:16:28

narrator: DONNIE SAYS HE TRIED
To hit the man with his car.

00:16:39

- Okay.

00:16:40

Where was shantez?

00:16:41

narrator: MORROW ASKS ABOUT
The second shooting victim,
who was in the car with them.

00:16:50

narrator: ACCORDING TO DONNIE,
He doesn't know
how shantez was shot.

00:17:20

- Mikey-mike.

00:17:21

narrator: MORROW MEETS
With detective mike allison,
who just returned from talking
to shantez at the hospital.

00:17:27

- Shot in the finger
and the abdomen.

00:17:31

..

00:17:34

The brother that they got.

00:17:35

narrator: SHANTEZ CLAIMS
He was shot
by the victim's brother, donnie.

00:17:40

- Leme tell you
what he said to me.

00:17:43

I even asked him clearly--
I said, "well, what happened
"
he said, "when we got
to the store,
he just jumped out the car
"
somebody's lying.

[Cheering and applause]
narrator: IN LOUISVILLE,
Detective kristen downs
and the homicide unit
are investigating the murder
of rico cunningham.

00:33:09

Before downs picks up
her prime suspect,
antonio ellison,
she needs to find out if the gun
found along the escape route
is the murder weapon.

00:33:36

- You can see how the pattern
of the impressed breech marks
it's my opinion
that the two cartridge cases
found at the scene
were fired in this pistol.

00:33:56

narrator: DOWNS NOW HAS
Enough evidence
to wrap up her case.

00:33:59

- We now have strong evidence
that antonio ellison
is the person
that ran from the car,
and on the path he ran,
we found the murder weapon.

00:34:06

So we could put antonio,
clifton, and dontay
with the murder weapon
when that car was spotted
in the alley
where rico was murdered.

00:34:17

narrator: SERGEANT CROWELL
Calls rico's father
to give him the news.

00:34:22

- Hi, sir,
this is sergeant aaron crowell.

00:34:25

- Okay, yeah.

00:34:25

- I just wanted to call
and let you know
that we're ready to charge
two of the individuals
with rico's murder.

00:34:31

It's clifton jones
and dontay rice.

00:34:46

- We still have a ways to go
before we're ready
to put this thing to bed,
but if you have
any questions or anything,
feel free to give us a call.

00:34:52

Again, I'm sorry for your loss.

00:34:54

- Thanks a lot, now.

00:34:55

- You're welcome.

00:34:59

- It's pretty sad these guys
were friends with the victim.

00:35:01

It sounds like the father
knew them pretty well.

00:35:04

I hope we can bring
a little bit of closure
to the family
by getting this solved.

00:35:07

Now we have probable cause
to pick up antonio ellison
and charge him.

00:35:12

We just have to track him down.

00:35:22

narrator: IN THE FIRST 48,
Detective kristen downs
and the homicide unit
responded to the murder
of rico cunningham,
learned that officers
had already captured
two suspects fleeing the scene,
lifted a fingerprint
from the getaway car
that led them to a third
suspect,
and determined that the handgun
they recovered
was their murder weapon.

00:35:45

Later that day,
downs and her team head out
to look for antonio ellison.

00:35:50

- We're going to go out
and look for our suspect.

00:35:53

And we've gotten his mom's
address on the south end.

00:36:16

[dog yapping]
[knocking at door]
narrator: IN BIRMINGHAM,
Detective cyhia morrow
and the homicide team
are investigating the murder
of christopher woods.

00:36:35

Now morrow just learned
that a man who turned up
in a hpital an hour away
could be their murder suspect.

00:36:45

- He showed up about noon
down there.

00:36:49

- What'll be driving time?

00:36:51

narrator: MORROW CALLS
Detectives in tuscaloosa
to check on the status
of the potential suspect.

00:36:57

- Okay.

00:36:57

narrator: HE IS IN RECOVERY
After surgery in his leg.

00:37:01

N
in the hospital overnight,
and they'll bring him back
to birmingham tomorrow
for a statement.

00:37:13

narrator: THE NEXT MORNING...

00:37:15

[telephone rings]
- Morrow.

00:37:18

narrator: BEFORE MORROW
Can interview the suspect,
she gets an unexpected break.

00:37:22

A witness who was present
during the shooting
decides to come forward.

00:37:34

- Hey, how you doing?

00:37:36

I hear you want to talk to me.

00:37:38

- Yes, ma'am.

00:37:38

- Okay, well, tell me
what happened.

00:37:48

- Who did you call?

00:37:52

narrator: ACCORDING
To the witness,
the suspect goes
"
describe him to me.

narrator: HE SAYS THE VICTIM
Put down a pile of cash
on the kitchen table.

00:38:28

- Do you know how much money
was on the table?

00:38:50

- So why do you think
bigfoot chris shot him?

00:38:55

- Robbing him.

00:39:03

- Now we have
a credible witness.

00:39:05

So when this guy from tuscaloosa
come in here,
we'll see if he's the guy
we're looking for.

00:39:14

narrator: A FEW HOURS LATER,
The possible suspect arrives
from the tuscaloosa hospital.

00:39:24

The suspect is 27-year-old
christopher norris.

00:39:29

- He's tall and dark,
and he fits the description
of the shooter.

00:39:32

Plus, he was shot in the leg,
just like witness has said.

00:39:42

All right.

00:39:43

You want to talk to me
about what happened
with your leg?

00:39:57

- How did you get to tuscaloosa?

00:40:05

narrator: CHRISTOPHER SAYS
He wanted to go to tuscaloosa
because he was afraid
of being arrested in birmingham
for violating his parole.

00:40:15

You know what I'm saying?

00:40:20

- Let me cut to the chase.

00:40:22

I see right now we're going
to be here for a minute.

00:40:25

I'd much rather just get
to the facts
and be through with it.

00:40:28

And the fact is, you know
how you got shot, okay?

00:40:32

And the fact is,
we do too.

00:40:33

And we really don't want
to sit here all day long,
trying to pull words
out of you, okay?

00:40:41

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narrator: IN BIRMINGHAM,
Detective cynthia morrow
and the homicide team
are investigating
the shooting death
of christopher woods.

00:44:50

The main suspect just arrived
from a hospital in tuscaloosa.

00:44:55

Now morrow needs to find out
if he shot woods.

00:45:08

- How'd you get shot?

00:45:13

- Oh, a guy tried to rob you?

00:45:15

Tell me what happened
with that robbery.

00:45:25

- Okay, when he came--
the guy came inside
to buy the dope,
what did he do?

00:45:30

narrator: NORRIS SAYS
The victim put some money
on the kitchen table.

00:45:42

- Absolutely.

00:45:42

Need me to push it back for you?

00:45:45

- Yes.

00:45:46

- Okay, okay.

00:46:13

- So you shot him.

00:46:13

- Yeah.

00:46:20

- Did y'all see a gun
on this man?

00:46:27

narrator: HE ADMITS THE VICTIM
Did not have a gun.

00:46:31

- We'll be with you in a second.

00:46:37

I think we have enough
right now.

00:46:38

He's told us that he was there.

00:46:40

He told us
that it was about dope.

00:46:43

He wanted to say
the victim tried to rob him.

00:46:46

That's just a little hard
for me to believe.

00:46:49

narrator: CHRISTOPHER NORRIS
Is placed under arrest
for the murder
of christopher woods.

00:46:59

- Bye, mr. chris.

00:47:02

- Okay, just the jailers know
you want to talk to me.

00:47:04

I'll come back over
and holler at you.

00:47:09

All right.

00:47:11

I appreciate y'all.

00:47:13

This dope game
is killing a lot of people
over nothingyou know?

00:47:17

Victims come over there
to buy dope, go into a house,
and deal with people
they don't know.

00:47:23

And, unfortunately,
this man lost his life.

00:47:27

And for what?

00:47:35

narrator: IN THE FIRST 48,
Birmingham homicide responded
to the shootings
of christopher woods
and donald moulton,
also known as shantez;
found out that woods' brother,
donnie,
shot the suspect and shantez;
learned from a witness
that the suspect,
christopher norris,
had tried to rob the victim;
and brought in norris,
who admitted to shooting woods.

00:48:01

A few weeks later,
morrow and anderson me
with shantez
to get his side of the story.

00:48:06

- Where were you shot, and
how many times were you shot?

00:48:09

- I got shot in the stomach.

00:48:11

- Wow.

00:48:13

- It's just about well now,
but it went in right here
and came out right there.

00:48:17

narrator: SHANTEZ RECALLS
The moments before he was shot.

00:48:23

- Chris went on into the house.

00:48:25

And after about five minutes,
we heard gunshots.

00:48:28

We seen chris coming out
with blood on him and stuff.

00:48:35

Once I got out of the car,
I heard "c" saying
the deal was a whole lot
of this d all that
and told him to shoot me.

00:48:42

- Chris told him to shoot you?

00:48:45

- To shoot me, like I had
something to do
with the confusion
or something else
going on in the house.

00:48:51

And that wasn't the case.

00:48:53

- So he shot you.

00:48:54

- He shot me.

00:48:56

- Okay.

00:48:58

Anything else?

00:48:59

All right.

00:48:59

All right.

00:49:00

We appreciate you
talking to us.

00:49:05

Now I think I know
what really happened.

00:49:07

Christopher norris planned
to rob the victim on his own.

00:49:12

When the victim got shot
by christopher norris,
he ran out the house
and told his brother, donnie,
that he was set up by shantez.

00:49:21

So donnie shot shantez.

00:49:24

That thing was just
a misunderstanding, actually.

00:49:28

But, you know, once that bullet
leaves that chamber,
you can't get it back.

00:49:49

narrator: IN THE MURDER
Of rico cunningham,
louisville detective
kristen downs
has a suspect,
antonio ellison.

00:49:57

Now they have ellison's house
surrounded.

00:50:01

[knocking at door]
- Nobody's home at all.

00:50:19

We're going to keep watch
on that house,
and hopefully he shows up
and we can take him
into custody.

00:50:38

narrator: TWO WEEKS LATER...

00:50:41

Antonio ellison
is finally arrested
by the u.s. marshals.

00:50:49

- I don't rely care.

00:50:50

- I think I already had it
in my head
that he was going to do this,
'cause this is what he's done
in the past.

00:50:55

And he's beaten
murder charges before,
and he wouldn't talk then,
so why would he talk right now?

00:50:59

I'm pretty confident
he's not going to beat
this murder charge.

00:51:02

We've got physical evidence
and a police witness.

00:51:05

I don't think he's going
to get away with that.

00:51:07

We received some info
in the last few weeks
from an anonymous source
that the motive
may have been gang related.

00:51:13

We heard that rico
was supposed to avenge
another gang member's death,
and he didn't.

00:51:19

So he may have been killed
because he didn't kill
someone else.

00:51:25

This is kind of like
the anniversary case
for my year anniversary
up here in homicide.

00:51:30

So I feel a lot more comfortable
than a year ago,
and the weird thing is,
my victim in this case,
I interviewed him twice
in my very first case.